I should like to post my vote of thanks to Ray for all his efforts trying to keep Friday 13th going (in hindsight, was this such a wise choice of name?)

I am a performer who is trying to make a semi-pro living (Actually at what point do you stop being semi-pro and become a pro? I have always wondered. Are you semi pro when you get paid for some gigs and not others? Are you a semi pro if you are working paid gigs regularly, say in excess of 50 a year, but have to maintain a regular, non-musical part-time job as well, as there isn't enough money in it to live? Do you only become a pro once you give up all regular non-musical employment and just make music for a living? Is starvation the key?)

I digress. Ray tried his damnedest to get support for booking me at Friday 13th, but to no avail. We tried everything. Seems I was too sing-y for the musicians and too musician-y for the singers and not well enough known for anybody. Hey ho.

Thanks Ray, we've shared some jolly email conversations. I'm sure our paths will cross sooner or later.

Rockin'